Dialect comparison

Australian English vs Newfoundland English

Compare two dialects of English side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Australian English

General Australian

The mainstream variety of Australian English, used by the majority of speakers nationally. The General Australian sociolect, sitting between Broad and Cultivated extremes.

Approximate centre
-33.87°, 151.21°
Newfoundland English

Newfie English

The most distinctive variety of Canadian English, descended from 17th- and 18th-century West Country and Hiberno-English settlers. Strongly divergent from mainland Canadian English in vowels and grammar.

Approximate centre
47.56°, -52.71°

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